Post by George on May 14, 2021 12:43:40 GMT -5
Hi,
The Beta for the next release (2.5) is available for those interested in helping test it.
[UPDATE] May 21 @ 11:44 EST
a Couple minor corrections and tweaks.
[\UPDATE]
Externally, this version is almost identical to 2.4, the changes were almost totally internal as the Primary command parsing routines were simplified and re-structured.
So testing here is basically just to ensure that all your normal activity still works the way it used to work.
The internal changes were done to make use of RFIND / RCHANGE more reliable. Previously certain other Primary commands, if executed between the FIND and the RFIND caused the needed data for RFIND to be nulled, and the command generated a "No previous FIND data available" message.
There are some other bug fixes included (see list below).
Simply copy the SPFLite25.EXE file to your normal install folder. (Create a shortcut if you like)
V 2.5.21141 SPFLite25.zip (541.46 KB)
George
* Correct handling of the CUT NEW option to prevent false prompts when closing a CLIP session for a named clipboard.
* Alter handling of the START FIRST/LAST option so that these will override the screen positioning done by normal STATE repositioning. If the STATE location is preferred then START PRIOR should be used.
* Correct handling of the FM Find-in-Files search exemption list. If the entry was marked with the (W) option to indicate the file should be normally opened by the associated Windows application, the file exemption search would fail.
* Correct handling of the UNDO checkpoint files. Certain commands (like CREATE or RENAME) can cause the active Profile to change. If there was a difference in the SETUNDO value between the old and new profiles, the UNDO file table could be corrupted. These commands should have performed re-allocation of the files, and weren't doing so. This has been corrected.
* Correct handling of the page margin values in PRINT SETUP. They were not being saved and restored correctly and were always treated a 0 (zero).
* Enhancement to the HELP command. It now supports multiple keywords for searches, and does a much more exhaustive search through the topics to find what you're after.
* Alter the File Manager status bar to display a message with the line count and position of the current display. Format is: Line x:y of z
e.g. Line 4:28 of 64
Along with this, the LOCATE command will now accept a simle numeric operand as a request to position to that line.
* Correct error in handling the Profile WORD setting. The edit of the line was not properly displaying the line's contents as it was typed.
* Add a new KB primitive (Refresh) which may be used in File Manager to force a refresh of the display contents. This may be needed at times to pick up changes (deletes etc.) made by external means.
The Beta for the next release (2.5) is available for those interested in helping test it.
[UPDATE] May 21 @ 11:44 EST
a Couple minor corrections and tweaks.
[\UPDATE]
Externally, this version is almost identical to 2.4, the changes were almost totally internal as the Primary command parsing routines were simplified and re-structured.
So testing here is basically just to ensure that all your normal activity still works the way it used to work.
The internal changes were done to make use of RFIND / RCHANGE more reliable. Previously certain other Primary commands, if executed between the FIND and the RFIND caused the needed data for RFIND to be nulled, and the command generated a "No previous FIND data available" message.
There are some other bug fixes included (see list below).
Simply copy the SPFLite25.EXE file to your normal install folder. (Create a shortcut if you like)
V 2.5.21141 SPFLite25.zip (541.46 KB)
George
* Correct handling of the CUT NEW option to prevent false prompts when closing a CLIP session for a named clipboard.
* Alter handling of the START FIRST/LAST option so that these will override the screen positioning done by normal STATE repositioning. If the STATE location is preferred then START PRIOR should be used.
* Correct handling of the FM Find-in-Files search exemption list. If the entry was marked with the (W) option to indicate the file should be normally opened by the associated Windows application, the file exemption search would fail.
* Correct handling of the UNDO checkpoint files. Certain commands (like CREATE or RENAME) can cause the active Profile to change. If there was a difference in the SETUNDO value between the old and new profiles, the UNDO file table could be corrupted. These commands should have performed re-allocation of the files, and weren't doing so. This has been corrected.
* Correct handling of the page margin values in PRINT SETUP. They were not being saved and restored correctly and were always treated a 0 (zero).
* Enhancement to the HELP command. It now supports multiple keywords for searches, and does a much more exhaustive search through the topics to find what you're after.
* Alter the File Manager status bar to display a message with the line count and position of the current display. Format is: Line x:y of z
e.g. Line 4:28 of 64
Along with this, the LOCATE command will now accept a simle numeric operand as a request to position to that line.
* Correct error in handling the Profile WORD setting. The edit of the line was not properly displaying the line's contents as it was typed.
* Add a new KB primitive (Refresh) which may be used in File Manager to force a refresh of the display contents. This may be needed at times to pick up changes (deletes etc.) made by external means.